Bedstead attachment.



T. A. THOMPSON.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1910.

1 ,O88,800, Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

lnventor Attorneys jamzifiuzamz THOMAS A. THOMPSON, OF LOREITO,KENTUCKY.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914:.

Application filed July 6, 1910. Serial No. 570,597.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs A. THOMP- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Loretto, in the county of Marion and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Bedstead Attachment, of whichthe following is a specification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improvedconstruction of cuspidor and particularly to provide a device of thisclass well adapted for use in connection with hospital beds. 7

The invention aims primarily to provide, in connection with a bed, asupport carrying an arm mounted to swing in a horizontal plane above thehead of the bed, and a receptacle supported from the end of the arm andadapted to be raised and lowered whereby it will normally be out of theway but may be readily lowered for use by the occupant of the bed.

More specifically, the invention aims to provide a device of this classembodying a support, an arm mounted to swing in a horizontal plane aboutthe support, a cable mounted to run upon the arm, a weight carried atone end of the cable, and a receptacle removably supported at the otherend of the cable, the weight normally overbalancing the receptacle andholding the same in elevated position but permitting of the occupant ofthe bed grasping the receptacle and pulling the same downwardly intoposition for use.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the head end of a bed showingthe device ap plied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the receptacle.

In the drawings, the bed is indicated in general by the referencecharacter B and upon the bed is mounted an upright or post 5 which ispreferably located midway between the head posts of the bedstead and atits upper end projects above the horizontal plane in which the top ofthe head of the bedstead is located. At the upper end of the post 5there is mounted an arm 6 which is so arranged that it may be swung in ahorizontal plane about the said upper end of the post as a center, thisswinging movement being of tree character so that the arm may be readilyswung manually to any desired position above the head portion of thebed. For a purpose to be presently explained, the post carries a guideeye 7 at its said upper end.

At the outer end of the arm 6 is arranged a bracket 8 in which isjournaled for rotation an idler pulley 9 and trained over this pulley isa cable 10, the said cable being led through the eye 7 and also throughan eye 11 which is carried also by the post 5 in a plane below the planeoccupied by the arm (3. At one end of the cable 10, namely that endwhich is located rearmost after the cable has been passed over thepulley 9 and through the eyes 7 and 11, there is attached a weightindicated by the numeral 19. and normally supported upon a shelf 19. Atits other end, the cable 10 is provided with a hook 13 which serves toremovably support a receptacle which will now be specifically described.

The receptacle mentioned above comprises a body 14 which may be of anysuitable size, capacity, and contour. A lid 15, preferably of flatdisklike form, is pivoted at one side as at 16 to the upper end of thebody 14 of the receptacle and normally lies flat thereon and closes thesaid receptacle. A bracket 17 is secured upon the side of the body ofthe receptacle at which the lid 15 is hinged or pivoted and in thebracket there is mounted a small hand lever 18 one end of which leverprojects below the bracket and the other end above the same. The lastmentioned end of the lever terminates in a plane above the horizontalplane of the lid 15 and to its said end is attached the intermediateportion of a cord forming a flexible connection 19, the ends orterminals of this cord being secured to the lid 15 near the side thereofopposite the pivoted side. The portion or the lever 18 which projectsbelow the bracket 17 constitutes a handle which may be grasped forswinging this end of the lever in the direction of the body of thereceptacle and thereby swinging the upper end of the lever in adirection away from the said body and exerting a pull upon the cord 19resulting in the lid 15 being swung to open position. 'Whcn the lever isreleased, it will drop by gravity to normal position and willeffectually close the receptacle. Itwill be readily understood from theforegoing that normally the weight 12 over-balances the receptacle andconsequently the pull exerted by the weight upon the cable will serve tohold the receptacle in elevated position, it being removably suspendedfrom the hook 13 by-means of a bail handle 20. It will furthermore beunderstood that the receptacle may be grasped by the occupant of the bedand may be pulled down to position for use and after being used may bereleased whereupon it will be automatically elevated by weight 12.

What is claimed is The combination with the head board of a bedstead, ofa post connected to and extending upwardly from the head board, ahorizontal arm supported by and adapted to swing horizontally relativeto the post, a guide eye upon the top of the post, another guide eyeupon the post below the arm, a guide sheave supported by the free endportion of the arm, a cable mounted on the sheave and extending throughthe eyes, an article engaging hook at one end of the cable, a weight atthe other end of the cable, said weight constituting a counterbalancefor the hook and an article to be engaged thereby, and a shelf extendingfrom the post and into the path of the weight, said shelf constitutingmeans for stopping the downward movement of the weight when the articleengaging hook is brought to position close to but out of contact withthe arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

V THOMAS A. THOMPSON. Witnesses i T. H. THOMPSON,

T. R. ADAMS.

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